Melbourne artist Peter Wegner has taken out Australia’s most celebrated art prize – the Archibald. His painting of fellow artist Guy Warren has been chosen by the Gallery Trustees in a year when both prize and artist celebrate their 100th anniversaries.
With Wegner stuck in Melbourne because of lockdown, he said of his win via video-link: ‘It is so much easier when you have a great face; a great model … to live for a 100 years and still have a sense of purpose, of curiosity.’